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This new hardcover edition of the bestselling The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King features new case art, a detailed map, and a never-before-seen bonus chapter!From the New York Times bestselling author Carissa Broadbent, comes The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King, the gutting second installment of the Crowns of Nyaxia series, full of heartbreak, redemption, blood intrigue and heart-pounding action.Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She’s left only with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn.Raihn’s own nobles are none too eager to accept a Turned king, especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood digs their claws into the kingdom, threatening to tear it apart from the inside.When Raihn offers Oraya a secret alliance, taking the deal is her only chance at reclaiming her kingdom–and gaining her vengeance against the lover who betrayed her. But to do so, she’ll need to harness a devastating ancient power, intertwined with her father’s greatest secrets.But with enemies closing in on all sides, nothing is as it seems. As she unravels her past and faces her future, Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing power―and the devastating love that could be her downfall.Reading Order:The Serpent & the Wings of NightThe Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

Discover Holly Black's blood thirsty bestselling The Folk of the Air series in this complete paperback boxed set, which includes The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, and The Queen of Nothing– plus the gorgeously illustrated full-color novella, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories!Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences.In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the stunning The Folk of the Air trilogy (plus a bonus book!) filled with twists and enchantment, as one girl learns the meaning of true power when she finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue.This collection includes:- The Cruel Price- The Wicked King- The Queen of Nothing- How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (illustrated in full color!)

The first thrilling novel in a new adult romantasy duology following a young woman who finds herself the Chosen One to two conflicting prophecies—from the author of Lore of the Wilds. Magic has always been something at the periphery of Audra’s life. As a human, she knows that magic exists, but it is something that is beyond the mist. Until one day the mist comes to shore, bringing with it the all too real Fae and upending Audra’s life entirely. She is kidnapped from her home and taken to a school to be trained as a soldier by the Priestesses, Fae beings who are an ominous presence with a cult-like mentality. Audra must band together with a group of other prisoners to survive their new world filled with guilds, magic, and danger. The Priestesses are searching for the mythical Heir of Prophecy who will save them from an eternal winter. They know the Heir is among the student prisoners at the school and are getting more and more desperate to flush out him or her. What Audra needs to know is what exactly it means to be the Heir... because she’s pretty sure it’s her. Her magic is wonky in exactly the way it was foretold. As she tries to hide her true nature, something strange keeps happening. A vision, a very hot and very underwordly vision comes to her. And what he has to say will put her life in even more danger and force her to make a decision that puts the fate of the entire world at risk.

The survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of the Library Trilogy and the Broken Empire series.Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters. The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies—known as the kindly ones—against whom even the gods hesitate to stand. Each year a hundred girls are sold to the Academy. Ten years later only three will emerge. The Academy’s halls run with blood. The few that survive its decade-long nightmare have been forged on the sands of the Wound Garden. They have learned ancient secrets amid the necrotic fumes of the Bone Garden. They leave its gates as avatars of vengeance, bound to uphold the oldest of laws. Only the most desperate would sell their child to the Kindnesses. But Rue … she sold herself. And now, a lifetime later, a long and bloody lifetime later, just as she has discovered peace, war has been brought to an old woman’s doorstep. That was a mistake.

The Winter Queen is coming.And vengeance will be hers . . .Determined to save her family from an invading army, Nelay hires a smuggler to attempt a rescue behind enemy lines. A smuggler with a penchant for legends and a touch that threatens to melt every hard edge Nelay has honed over the years.But their is no safety from the Winter Queen's wrath.If Nelay is to survive - if any of them are to survive - she must stop the Winter Queen. Even if that means she has to embrace the curse the fae gave her long ago. A curse that just might reduce her to ashes.To rise from those ashes, first she must burn.Can Nelay can stand between the cinders of her once-great nation and the vengeance of the Winter Queen? Will she save her family and the man who stole her heart? Read Summer Queen to find out!Two immortal queens. A dying magic. A world to save . . .The FAIRY QUEENS SAGA is far more than a simple fairytale retelling. It's a deep dive into the Norse mythology surrounding Hans Christian Andersen's THE SNOW QUEEN. An origin story, the Fairy Queens Saga tells the stories of the Winter Queen (Ilyenna), her rival (Nelay), and Ilyenna's daughter (Elice).Reading order: 1. Of Ice and Snow (Ilyenna's parents)2. Winter Queen (Ilyenna's story)3. Of Fire and Ash (prequel novella for Nelay's story)4. Summer Queen (Nelay's story)5. Of Sand and Storm (spin off novel)6. Daughter of Winter (Elice and Adar, star-crossed lovers desperate to escape the Winter Queen)7. Winter's Heir (Ilyenna, Nelay, Elice, and Adar all come together for the final showdown. Will they destroy each other or find a way to work together to save their dying world?)OTHER TITLES BY AMBER ARGYLEWitch Song SeriesWitch SongWitch BornWitch RisingWitch Fall

Box Set One (The Iron King, Winter's Passage, The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen, Summer's Crossing): The New York Times bestselling Iron Fey series is now available in two digital box sets! In Box Set One, the first three full-length Iron Fey novels and two companion novellas begin a thrillingly romantic and action-filled fantasy adventure. On her sixteenth birthday, Meghan Chase's little brother is kidnapped—and Meghan learns she is the secret daughter of a faery king. To save her brother, Meghan goes with childhood friend Robbie—the notorious Robin Goodfellow, or Puck—into Faery to seek her brother in the Summer and Winter fey courts. But a new kind of fey is rising, born of iron and technology, and poisonous to all of Faery. And as Meghan's journey to save her brother brings her into the sights of Prince Ash of the Winter Court, it also begins a quest to claim her destiny, intertwined with the fate of the dreaded Iron fey.

A bargain with a fey lord cannot be unbroken. Frey holds the fate of both the fey and elven lands in her half-blood hands. The encroaching darkness has crept past the boundary and claimed a life as its toll. If she doesn't discover a way to end it, the next casualty could be one of her own. As her Seven rush to discover the source of the darkness, the changelings conspire to break themselves free, bringing forth a new danger--one that could end them all. Time is running out, and her only chance to defeat the darkness might be to embrace it.

Driven by action, suspense, and a strong heroine, this deliciously detailed, bestselling YA fantasy will keep you turning the pages right up until the epic conclusion... Violet Fairdale is in big trouble. Her home is gone, her beloved forest lies in ruins, the guy she gave her heart to has deserted her-and she doesn't remember any of it. The powerful Lord Draven is taking over, brainwashing guardians into fighting for him. No one is safe from the evil spreading throughout the fae world. As alliances are forged between the remaining free fae, Vi struggles to reclaim her identity and figure out where she belongs in this new world. When someone from her past shows up, life gets more complicated. He brings with him a long-forgotten weapon and an ancient prophecy that places Vi at the center of the fight against Draven. With the future of the fae world at stake, can Vi carry out the prophecy's instructions before it's too late?

One Shadow to protect the Crown. One betrayal to tear the world apart. Roksana's burden was watching her king ride to war, leaving her with an impossible task: guard the capital at any cost. As the King's Shadow, she enforces his rule with forbidden magic and poisons that shift alliances overnight. Hidden behind the porcelain mask of the Deadly Nightshade, Roksana is the throne's most lethal secret-and she is committed to protecting the only man who ever touched her heart. But a silent threat capable of shattering the realm is festering in the city's depths. With King Reynard cut off by the tides of war and the court plotting a coup, Roksana must rely on the only family she has left: a fae courtesan who trades in whispers, a dwarf inventor whose genius uncovers the plot, and an assassin who always trusts her plans. To save the kingdom and her king, Roksana must become the monster the world already believes her to be. She would rather lose her soul than the man she loves-and the family-she's fought to protect. -------------------------------------------------------------- Blending grit, passion and power play, this adult high fantasy romance delivers a morally grey competent heroine in her 30' with deadly secrets, a cursed king whose love language is obsession, and a slow burn enemies-to-lovers bond that burns into spice against the backdrop of a Slavic-inspired kingdom steeped in betrayal and dangerous magic. A dual POV. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and The Witcher

The first in a sparkling new duology, Blade of Honey, by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Hafsah Faizal, is a tantalizing, deadly romantic fantasy where a girl’s only chance at her target’s throat comes with a chance at his heart. Yasmine Ra’ad has a vendetta against the most powerful man in Arawiya: the king himself. His throne was built upon the bones of her family, and though she’s never wielded a blade, she dreams of the day she can end his life. That day arrives with an invitation, for the king is in need of a wife. Altair al-Badawi will die by the next full moon—unless he takes a bride. And if he chooses her from one of the houses of old, the rest will riot, so when his captain of the guard proposes a competition in which anyone might try her hand at becoming queen, he agrees. Yasmine knows she must play the part of a doting suitor if she wishes to enact her revenge. She does it well. Too well. Altair knows he must marry even when he wishes for nothing less. But as the hourglass empties, will they find a love worth living - or dying - for?